If you haven't noticed, Corktown lives. Detroit's oldest existing neighborhood continues to rebound thanks to the dedication of longtime residents and the creative energy of recent transplants.

Those forces combined Sunday for the "Rainbow Blight" community party at Roosevelt Park, where hundreds of Detroiters -- and yes, we use that term loosely -- gathered for music, art, food, beer and a 130-team cornhole tournament in front of the Michigan Central Depot.

Travel plans kept us from making it out, and that's a shame, because the party highlighted at least four cool things everyone should be paying attention to in Corktown.

1. Roosevelt (skate) Park: The park itself was both host and focus of the "Rainbow Blight" party. The proceeds -- each cornhole team paid a $30 entrance fee, local beers cost $5 per pint -- will be put toward plans to build a skate park and music amphitheater at the under-utilized space. Phillip Cooley, owner of Slows Bar BQ, earlier this year paid his own way to Los Angeles to talk plans with skate star Tony Hawk.

2. Imagination Station: Corktown Residents Council President Jeff DeBruyn -- often called "the mayor of Corktown" -- joined forces with transplanted artist Jerry Paffendorf to make the Imagination Station a reality. The in-process project is transforming two blighted Corktown houses into a community media center and public art space. The duo helped organize the party, and attendees were able to walk over and check out an installation by artist Catie Newell. "The thing that is wonderful about Detroit, you can do things that really have an impact," Debruyn told Fox 2 on Sunday. "You can do things that really make it a better place."

3. Slows Bar BQ: The party also marked the fifth anniversary of Slows, founded by Cooley, a Marysville native who spent a few years modeling abroad before buying the Corktown store front and launching one of the Detroit's most celebrated restaurants. Slows provided free food at the party, a reminder Cooley isn't just drawing customers to the neighborhood, he's actively participating in its rebound.

4. Moving on without Moroun: Despite concerted efforts to clean up the area around it, the Michigan Central Depot remains the elephant in the room. Detroit's iconic ruin faces Roosevelt Park and stands as a reminder of better days and the continuing lack of rehabilitation efforts by billionaire owner Manny Moroun. But instead of hiding in its shadows, Corktown residents are working to show ruin tourists the neighborhood has more to offer than blight.

Check Fox 2's report on the "Rainbow Blight" party in the embedded player above.